Careful Consumption Alone Can't Save the World's Fish

[danlewer]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Could you give a brief explanation of carbon labeling?

Sure - the idea is that 'fast moving consumer goods' (which generally means anything that is cheap, you don't take long to decide to buy and is often sold in a supermarket) will have information on the packaging showing how much carbon dioxide (or other greenhouse gases) has been released during production. The thinking behind this is that consumers are prepared to spend more on green products and labelling will allow this preference to be reflected in the market.

Tesco has announced that it is developing its own scheme, and just yesterday DEFRA (the UK's environment department) said it will work to develop a standard system - http://inbalance.wordpress.com/2007/...eco-labelling/

Dan